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“Across the modeled dose-response curves, one vigorous minute corresponded to 4.1 moderate minutes for all-cause mortality, 7.8 for cardiovascular mortality, 5.4 for major cardiovascular events, 9.4 for incident type 2 diabetes, and 3.5 for cancer mortality.”

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